The North Houston (I-45) Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) is a project of the Texas Department of Transportation. This planned reconstruction of Interstate Highway 45 north, between downtown Houston and the North Sam Houston Tollway, locally known as Beltway 8, also includes segments of connecting freeways. The project, as planned, is estimated to cost $7 billion. The Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation…
The recently formed Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) is a statewide coalition of member groups (including CEC member organizations Bayou Land Conservancy, Bayou City Waterkeeper and Air Alliance Houston) seeking to work with lawmakers, state agencies, and good-faith industry operators to create state standards for best management practices in the rapidly expanding Aggregate Production Operation (APO) industry, and adopt those standards…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, along with the Harris County Flood Control District, recently released an Interim Feasibility Report for the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study. The purpose of the study is to evaluate alternatives with the goal of helping to reduce flooding under a range of flood events. Information sessions are scheduled for Oct. 15, 22, and…